The stunning first-round election of Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry as the next International Olympic Committee president made ...

Outgoing president Thomas Bach hailed the election of Kirsty Coventry as the first female and first African to lead the ...

COSTA NAVARINO, Greece -- Kirsty Coventry was elected president of the International Olympic Committee on Thursday and became ...

Outgoing International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said he was “very much relieved” to see the organisation’s ...

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, the first African president of the International Olympic Committee can "even exceed the ...

The selection of Coventry, 41, at a Greek resort is seen within the IOC and the Olympic movement as a continuation of the policies and direction of IOC president Thomas Bach who hand picked ...

The success recorded by Coventry at the IOC election was a vindication of the good support Africa got under Bach as well as the fillips enjoyed by the women’s folk under the tenure of the German.

Zimbabwean Kirsty Coventry, the first African president of the International Olympic Committee can “even exceed the expectations” of the continent, said her predecessor Thomas Bach yesterday.

Outgoing president Thomas Bach hailed the election of Kirsty Coventry as the first female and first African to lead the International Olympic Committee as the 144th IOC Session in Pylos ...